Hoffmanniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4] There is only one known species, Hoffmanniella silvatica.[5]

Hoffmanniella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Hoffmanniella
Schltr. ex Lawalrée 1943
Species:
H. silvatica
Binomial name
Hoffmanniella silvatica
Schltr. ex Lawalrée 1943
Synonyms[1]
  • Hoffmanniella Schltr. 1900, name published without description
  • Hoffmanniella silvatica Schltr. 1900, name published without description

It is native to central Africa and found in the countries of Gabon, Cameroon and Zaire.[5]

The genus name of Hoffmanniella is in honour of Karl August Otto Hoffmann (1853–1909), a South African botanist,[6] and the Latin specific epithet of silvatica comes from silva and means coming from the wood.[7] Both the genus and species were first described and published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles Vol.17 on page 60 in 1943.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1900. Kolonialwirtschaftliches Komitee Westafrikanische kautschukexpedition 325
  3. ^ Lawalrée, André Gilles Célestin. 1943. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 17: 59
  4. ^ Tropicos, Hoffmanniella Schltr. ex Lawalrée
  5. ^ a b c "Hoffmanniella silvatica Schltr. ex Lawalrée | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  7. ^ Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.